The neocortex of cetartiodactyls. II. Neuronal morphology of the visual and motor cortices in the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2851-2872

  Jacobs, Bob ^a   Harland, Tessa ^a   Kennedy, Deborah ^a   Schall, Matthew ^a   Wicinski, Bridget ^b   Butti, Camilla ^b   Hof, Patrick R ^b   Sherwood, Chet C ^c   Manger, Paul R ^d  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Dendrite; Dendritic spine; Golgi method; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENSITY; ELEPHANT; GIRAFFE; GOLGI STAIN; HUMPBACK WHALE; MICROSCOPY; MINKE WHALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STRIATE CORTEX; SUBADULT; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; CETACEA; MALE; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; DENDRITES; GIRAFFES; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84940580007     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0830-9     Document Type: Article

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